Saturday, October 30, 2004
FULL FRIDAY
There's a pretty good load of news for everything but the Mariners today, with a decent load of material from the Seahawks and Sonics, as well as a full slate of minor-league pucks.
Dive in...
MARINERS
Oh boy, it's more Bob Finnigan speculation. Tossing out Mariner payroll numbers surely to be debunked in quick and succinct fashion by a few spaces in the blogosphere, Finnigan also suggests that the Yankees' elimination from the ALCS will tick off Steinbrenner to the point where he sets the price too high for teams such as the Mariners. Yes, it's puppet Finnigan once again, making excuses already for when the Mariners fail to pick up key free-agents. What's new? And good gracious, did Jaret Wright's name have to be in that article? Sheesh.
All in all, it's a typical Finnigan speculation article, with built-in outs for when the Mariners fail to bring in these upper-level free agents. And I really wish Carlos Delgado and his 110 games a year would get off these lists. I didn't check Delgado's career stats to see if 110 games a year was accurate, as an homage to Finnigan.
[Late addition ~7:53a -- All you Mariner fans that wanted Mike Lowell (including Dacid Locke), cross him off your wish list to the tune of the remaining $25.5M on his contract being guaranteed over the next three years. The stadium issue is now out of the picture for Lowell.]
SEAHAWKS
Chad Brown was a man of silence in his first full week of practice. This team needs him right now. Bad. Tom Brady and Josh McCown had all week to throw the past two weeks, and any help on the defense is absolutely welcome.
As Jeremy mentioned, Tom Rouen has been placed on injured reserve, rendering his season over. Donnie Jones, signed for the past two weeks off the practice squad, is now your Seahawk punter. Between him and Josh Brown, they've really got a young corps when it comes to booting balls. It's not all bad for Tom Rouen, though (as some may know), because he still gets to wake up every morning next to four-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken.
SONICS
Danny O'Neil highlights the play that led to the Sonics' game-winning shot against the TrailBlazers last night, a play that involved Luke Ridnour and Antonio Daniels passing to an open Ray Allen for the game-sealing three. Ridnour went 5-for-8 from the floor and scored 14 on the night. In a scary note around Halloween, the Sonics' starting five for the opener could be Allen, Ridnour, Vlad Radmanovic, Reggie Evans, and Vitaly Potapenko. Strap in for a long season, folks. At least there won't be any expectations, like with this year's Mariners.
In other news, Danny Fortson is suing Jerry Colangelo and Peter Vecsey for defamation. Just read the article, because I don't even want to touch it right now.
HOCKEY
Portland beat Kamloops, 3-0. In a game I'd failed to mention schedulewise on my last few posts, Blake Grenier became the first Winter Hawks goalie to ever toss a shutout in his first game on home ice, as he kept all 31 shots out of the net en route to a Portland victory. It was also Grenier's 100th career WHL game (10th shutout), which, though a feat, more than likely means he's been in the minors for too long even though he's 20. Portland scored twice on the power play (Brian Woolger, Brandon Dubinsky), and Cody McLeod put the game on ice (even more than before) with an empty netter. The Winter Hawks are now 2 points back of second-place Everett in the WHL US Division.
Vancouver beat Brandon, 2-1. In a game that I was able to listen to part of online, the Giants snapped their four-game losing streak against the Wheat Kings. The radio crew on Mojo Radio 790 remarked on many an occasion about how this game was just as good as a playoff game, and in the Vancouver website recap, the word "up-tempo" is used, along with "entertaining." Chad Scharff and Mitch Bartley (whose pass was "flummoxed" to him by Gilbert Brule) scored the two first-period goals for the G-Men, who then held on for the final two periods for the win at old Pacific Coliseum. The Giants also played well with the lead, outshooting the Wheaties 15-4 in the third period. The Giants piled up 34 shots in the game, and Marek Schwarz stopped all but one of Brandon's 23 shots.
Seattle beat Spokane, 4-2. The Thunderbirds are officially red-hot. They've now reeled off five straight wins, solidifying their lead in the WHL US Division with a record of 10-3-0-0. They trailed 2-1 after two periods of play, but Scott Jackson had the equalizer on the power play, and Seattle got the gamer thanks to a wraparound via Aaron Gagnon's 7th goal of the year. The Seattle PK unit was able to kill 1:13 worth of a Spokane two-man advantage with under three minutes remaining, and Gagnon put the game away for good with an empty netter with two seconds left on the clock. Bryan Bridges made 22 saves for Seattle.
Tri-City beat Everett, 3-2 in overtime. Tri-City spoiled an otherwise perfect night for the teams I've been tracking. Karel Hromas of the 'Tips scored the first goal of the game after both teams were scoreless after 20 minutes of play. Tyler Dietrich scored the other goal for Everett. The Americans were aided by Dylan Stanley's two goals, one of which was the gamer. Mike Wall kept 33 of 36 shots out of the net for the Silvertips.
Manitoba beat Rochester, 3-2 in overtime. The Moose pulled this one out despite being outshot 40-30. They scored one goal each in the 2nd period, 3rd period, and overtime. Nolan Baumgartner potted the winner, with Peter Sarno and Jason King getting the other two goals. The sides had 33 penalty minutes apiece.
Puget Sound beat River City, 6-5 in overtime. The Tomahawks set the Jaguars back home with a 2-10 record at the end of the night, but not before River City had a 3-1 lead after 20. The T-Hawks got a 5-4 lead during regulation, but the team from Beaverton managed to tie it and send the game into overtime, where Puyallup's own Kyle "Simba" Stombaugh (surname spelled one of two ways) netted himself the game-winner. The win runs the Tomahawks already insane record to 13-2 with another showdown at River City tonight. Two more weekends' worth of games at Tri-City follow before the team returns home to Bremerton to face these same Jaguars on the 19th and 20th of November.
Upcoming...
Saturday: Kamloops at Seattle, Portland at Everett, Manitoba at Binghamton, Puget Sound at River City (Beaverton)
Sunday: Manitoba at Hamilton
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Everyone out there have a happy and safe Saturday and weekend.
[Edit ~7:53a -- Added the Mike Lowell part.]
Dive in...
MARINERS
Oh boy, it's more Bob Finnigan speculation. Tossing out Mariner payroll numbers surely to be debunked in quick and succinct fashion by a few spaces in the blogosphere, Finnigan also suggests that the Yankees' elimination from the ALCS will tick off Steinbrenner to the point where he sets the price too high for teams such as the Mariners. Yes, it's puppet Finnigan once again, making excuses already for when the Mariners fail to pick up key free-agents. What's new? And good gracious, did Jaret Wright's name have to be in that article? Sheesh.
All in all, it's a typical Finnigan speculation article, with built-in outs for when the Mariners fail to bring in these upper-level free agents. And I really wish Carlos Delgado and his 110 games a year would get off these lists. I didn't check Delgado's career stats to see if 110 games a year was accurate, as an homage to Finnigan.
[Late addition ~7:53a -- All you Mariner fans that wanted Mike Lowell (including Dacid Locke), cross him off your wish list to the tune of the remaining $25.5M on his contract being guaranteed over the next three years. The stadium issue is now out of the picture for Lowell.]
SEAHAWKS
Chad Brown was a man of silence in his first full week of practice. This team needs him right now. Bad. Tom Brady and Josh McCown had all week to throw the past two weeks, and any help on the defense is absolutely welcome.
As Jeremy mentioned, Tom Rouen has been placed on injured reserve, rendering his season over. Donnie Jones, signed for the past two weeks off the practice squad, is now your Seahawk punter. Between him and Josh Brown, they've really got a young corps when it comes to booting balls. It's not all bad for Tom Rouen, though (as some may know), because he still gets to wake up every morning next to four-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken.
SONICS
Danny O'Neil highlights the play that led to the Sonics' game-winning shot against the TrailBlazers last night, a play that involved Luke Ridnour and Antonio Daniels passing to an open Ray Allen for the game-sealing three. Ridnour went 5-for-8 from the floor and scored 14 on the night. In a scary note around Halloween, the Sonics' starting five for the opener could be Allen, Ridnour, Vlad Radmanovic, Reggie Evans, and Vitaly Potapenko. Strap in for a long season, folks. At least there won't be any expectations, like with this year's Mariners.
In other news, Danny Fortson is suing Jerry Colangelo and Peter Vecsey for defamation. Just read the article, because I don't even want to touch it right now.
HOCKEY
Portland beat Kamloops, 3-0. In a game I'd failed to mention schedulewise on my last few posts, Blake Grenier became the first Winter Hawks goalie to ever toss a shutout in his first game on home ice, as he kept all 31 shots out of the net en route to a Portland victory. It was also Grenier's 100th career WHL game (10th shutout), which, though a feat, more than likely means he's been in the minors for too long even though he's 20. Portland scored twice on the power play (Brian Woolger, Brandon Dubinsky), and Cody McLeod put the game on ice (even more than before) with an empty netter. The Winter Hawks are now 2 points back of second-place Everett in the WHL US Division.
Vancouver beat Brandon, 2-1. In a game that I was able to listen to part of online, the Giants snapped their four-game losing streak against the Wheat Kings. The radio crew on Mojo Radio 790 remarked on many an occasion about how this game was just as good as a playoff game, and in the Vancouver website recap, the word "up-tempo" is used, along with "entertaining." Chad Scharff and Mitch Bartley (whose pass was "flummoxed" to him by Gilbert Brule) scored the two first-period goals for the G-Men, who then held on for the final two periods for the win at old Pacific Coliseum. The Giants also played well with the lead, outshooting the Wheaties 15-4 in the third period. The Giants piled up 34 shots in the game, and Marek Schwarz stopped all but one of Brandon's 23 shots.
Seattle beat Spokane, 4-2. The Thunderbirds are officially red-hot. They've now reeled off five straight wins, solidifying their lead in the WHL US Division with a record of 10-3-0-0. They trailed 2-1 after two periods of play, but Scott Jackson had the equalizer on the power play, and Seattle got the gamer thanks to a wraparound via Aaron Gagnon's 7th goal of the year. The Seattle PK unit was able to kill 1:13 worth of a Spokane two-man advantage with under three minutes remaining, and Gagnon put the game away for good with an empty netter with two seconds left on the clock. Bryan Bridges made 22 saves for Seattle.
Tri-City beat Everett, 3-2 in overtime. Tri-City spoiled an otherwise perfect night for the teams I've been tracking. Karel Hromas of the 'Tips scored the first goal of the game after both teams were scoreless after 20 minutes of play. Tyler Dietrich scored the other goal for Everett. The Americans were aided by Dylan Stanley's two goals, one of which was the gamer. Mike Wall kept 33 of 36 shots out of the net for the Silvertips.
Manitoba beat Rochester, 3-2 in overtime. The Moose pulled this one out despite being outshot 40-30. They scored one goal each in the 2nd period, 3rd period, and overtime. Nolan Baumgartner potted the winner, with Peter Sarno and Jason King getting the other two goals. The sides had 33 penalty minutes apiece.
Puget Sound beat River City, 6-5 in overtime. The Tomahawks set the Jaguars back home with a 2-10 record at the end of the night, but not before River City had a 3-1 lead after 20. The T-Hawks got a 5-4 lead during regulation, but the team from Beaverton managed to tie it and send the game into overtime, where Puyallup's own Kyle "Simba" Stombaugh (surname spelled one of two ways) netted himself the game-winner. The win runs the Tomahawks already insane record to 13-2 with another showdown at River City tonight. Two more weekends' worth of games at Tri-City follow before the team returns home to Bremerton to face these same Jaguars on the 19th and 20th of November.
Upcoming...
Saturday: Kamloops at Seattle, Portland at Everett, Manitoba at Binghamton, Puget Sound at River City (Beaverton)
Sunday: Manitoba at Hamilton
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Everyone out there have a happy and safe Saturday and weekend.
[Edit ~7:53a -- Added the Mike Lowell part.]
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